PRB: Zero Rows Returned from SQL SELECT Statement

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q59461

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2
  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2

SYMPTOMS

Executing the following SQL statement returns 0 (zero) rows:

   select t1.* from t1,t2

"t1" has key values of 1, 2, 3, and 4; "t2" is empty.

CAUSE

The above statement does not return any rows because when you specify two tables in the same SELECT statement without a WHERE qualifier, the result is a Cartesian product. However, a Cartesian product with one table empty is 0 rows. This is the same as multiplying any number by 0: the result is 0.

Additional query words: Transact-SQL Windows NT
Keywords : kbother SSrvGen SSrvTrans SSrvWinNT
Version : 4.2 | 4.2
Platform : OS/2 Windows
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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